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Local management of urban heritage. Sustainability assessment methodology
Nahir Meline Cantar

Scientific article
Abstract: The processes that involve the public management of cultural heritage significantly condition its sustainability. These processes, which in this paper are called institutionalisation, become even more significant at the local level, being indispensable for the protection of those elements which, due to their characteristics, are not reached by national or provincial administrations, but constitute a large part of the cultural heritage of the communities. Taking this problem as a starting point, the aim of this paper is to present a methodology for the evaluation of the sustainability of the institutionalisation of urban heritage. To this end, we propose an index composed of nine qualitative indicators that integrate the main aspects of local heritage management. This methodology is applied in Olavarría, an intermediate city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Urban heritage is analysed from the five subcategories identified in the city: architectural heritage, intangible heritage, movable heritage, archaeological and palaeontological heritage, and parks and squares. The sources of information for the evaluation of the indicators arise from a convergence of qualitative methods, such as documentary analysis and interviews with privileged informants. The results show that the sustainability of the institutionalisation of heritage in the city is on average low, although there are large disparities between the different heritage subcategories. Likewise, the case allows us to observe how local management influences not only the sustainability of heritage, but also the processes of patrimonialisation present in the territory.
Keywords: local management; indicators; urban heritage; sustainability.

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